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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Standard breastmilk consumption is 24-30 oz per day. It is completely crazy that you are pumping 30 ounces a day + nursing 2-3 times on top of that. I've never heard of that ever. A typical baby eats 12-16 oz of breastmilk while at daycare. That is completely totally insane that your nanny is demanding so much milk.

With formula, you have to keep upping the quantity because formula is stagnant - always the same from age 0 to age 12 months. Breastmilk is dynamic and changes as your baby gets older. It becomes more calorie dense over time, so even though your baby is taking in generally the same number of ounces at age 8 months as she was taking in at age 3 months, your baby is getting more calories. Honestly, I would ask your nanny to attend one of the infant feeding courses at the DC Breastfeeding Center - I would arrange to be home to cover the hour myself and have it be paid, mandatory training on her part. 
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This.  I bet she doesn't know that breastfed babies don't need to increase their intake because breastmilk is dynamic.  I didn't know it for many years, then I learned it, and then promptly taught my teachers (I directed a center at the time).  I wouldn't know this because I never breastfed, but once I and my staff learned it, the teachers stopped asking for more breastmilk (like you would for formula) as a child got older.

Great idea to have someone come do a training at childcare centers, or have a nanny go.  [/quote]

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